tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184620472024-03-17T23:02:01.874-04:00lumpy darknessObservation notes (with equipment details), photos, sketches, reviews, software tips, random thoughts, by an amateur astronomer.blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.comBlogger12015125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-66316835659735658112023-08-10T05:15:00.008-04:002023-08-16T19:20:05.477-04:00checked out Orion spaceshipBeen a little while that I surfed thorought SpaceFlight Now.<p>Noted, front and centre, <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/08/08/artemis-2-astronauts-get-first-look-at-their-orion-moonship/">an article</a> on Artemis 2 and it lovely spaceship.</p><div>What must it feel like to stand in front of machine knowing it will carry you though space and around the Moon. The is “my ship.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Crawling around inside it.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is “my ship.”</div><div><br /></div><div>The Orion moonship. To me, it looks awesome. Our Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hanson, sounded pretty chuffed. “It’s starting to feel very, very real.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Nice photos and video.</div><div><br /></div><div>…</div><div><br /></div><div>There were other interesting tidbits at SFN, of course.</div>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-40616209279020053562023-08-06T19:24:00.217-04:002023-08-10T03:40:56.718-04:00using an equipment list in Stellarium I considered a little project for the afternoon, so to get a bit more familiar with the feature in Stellarium.<p>Of course, Stellarium is not my prime.</p><p>But what if it was!😲😯🙀?</p><p>I was also feeling a bit of Educator Guilt: I better have the first-hand experience for any topic taught.</p><p>Fired up the Oculars window (Ctrl o). Added all my active eyepieces, added the baader Zoom, the long-term loaners. Had to look up, scour for, some data, the AFOV values. Add the three telescope OTAs. Ensured the flip settings were correct (as they are wrong from the factory). Corroborated with SkyTools. </p><p>Ignored “sensors” for now. I did not envision any special impact for the imaging crew.</p><p>Set my general options per my personal preferences (e.g. scaling).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9RdfLXA7a2TZZvProYvdFs_nFMpJw5i6Fdwq6krc7kZZKpmMTh8aiSbIJHw1UAnpUh_hUIM7yLik4yIJvRhTMovhf_HrLLcoTJ7oEG1xJoWTA7FLPpFCGaQrPNTTZAGpk9ypeYSC4T3ChgJ2TOpJX03IJ7cMQ-BpYkGyNDz1zARRQGhnJ8WXIw/s1536/Stellarium%20Blake's%20oculars%20230806.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="my eyepiece collection selectable in Stellarium" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9RdfLXA7a2TZZvProYvdFs_nFMpJw5i6Fdwq6krc7kZZKpmMTh8aiSbIJHw1UAnpUh_hUIM7yLik4yIJvRhTMovhf_HrLLcoTJ7oEG1xJoWTA7FLPpFCGaQrPNTTZAGpk9ypeYSC4T3ChgJ2TOpJX03IJ7cMQ-BpYkGyNDz1zARRQGhnJ8WXIw/w400-h266/Stellarium%20Blake's%20oculars%20230806.png" title="my eyepiece collection selectable in Stellarium" width="400" /></a></div><p>Tested it and all seemed nominal (Alt o).</p><p>Good to practice the associated <a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2022/12/tested-stellarium-shortcuts-0221-11.html">keyboard shortcuts</a>.</p><p>It was interesting to use Venus for testing; a ultra-thin crescent. Threw me for a loop at first...</p><p>The other big part of this was retention beyond usual events, i.e. upgrades, transfer to a new computer. That in turn meant that my backup procedures first crafted in the fall of 2022 could be validated. I followed the <a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2022/12/backing-up-stellarium-windows.html">directives for Windows</a> in my instance. With my power-user mode hat on, renamed the oculars data content, basically a date-time stamp.</p><p>Checked the sensibly named backup file "ocular (BACKUP 230806-1701 EDT - Blake's personal).ini" which is easy to do in Windows with plain old Notepad.</p><p>Intentional modified the equipment list which forced a new backup to "ocular - Copy 230806-1916 EDT (test after edit).ini" to which an inspection showed the new datum.</p><p>But I also want to ensure users on other operating systems had access to useful information. That had been available on the lumpy darkness Stellarium evergreen web pages. </p><p><a href="https://computer-ease.com/darkskies/sw-stell.htm">https://computer-ease.com/darkskies/sw-stell.htm</a></p><p>§</p><p>While Mom was here and I explained my objectives, she just shook her head and said, why is it not easy, simple. Why can't the user just click a button and everything's taken care of.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-64712804404483896422023-08-06T03:51:00.007-04:002023-08-06T09:16:27.297-04:00Moon muckin aboutWhile a late-night crew tended to me I noted a half a disc trying to push grey light trough the blind.<p>I tried to figure out the time. Confused by meds or the analogue layout or what med team wanted of me, wasn’t 100 sure. A straight arrow? That’d be 10 to 4?</p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(245, 245, 255); color: #f5f5ff; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">§ </span></p><p>And now I fight, post… deferred entry… with the iPad keyboard…</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-70093335400845516012023-08-03T12:17:00.012-04:002023-08-03T13:25:42.898-04:00learned dessert sourceI misread the receipt for the lunch served.<p>Cool! Dessert item from NASA. Very Cool!</p><p>How did National Aeronautics and Space Administration know I'm into human spaceflight and explor—</p><p>My sister said, "Whoa, whoa, not NASA. It's NSA."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZffqFah_h5h7rDXfSAucE16V3DOaduNeyWQWiYGyITazMv6Js23k9vE3f1oBtv13QCiALN5aZqLldwcAgOXd_2dQXixx3qfg__aRA4MYC_NRJWYRdEGpmkeVZhNqHGka_hpAo2A54YTQcAlYq4Z8HtQXXWV9MHjp9yQZCSoP-GSjdgWRZR0taGw/s4160/IMG_20230803_123443931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lunch menu slip" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZffqFah_h5h7rDXfSAucE16V3DOaduNeyWQWiYGyITazMv6Js23k9vE3f1oBtv13QCiALN5aZqLldwcAgOXd_2dQXixx3qfg__aRA4MYC_NRJWYRdEGpmkeVZhNqHGka_hpAo2A54YTQcAlYq4Z8HtQXXWV9MHjp9yQZCSoP-GSjdgWRZR0taGw/w300-h400/IMG_20230803_123443931.jpg" title="lunch menu slip" width="300" /></a></div><p>Huh?</p><p>No Sugar Added. </p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-78177558648034977442023-08-02T08:29:00.001-04:002023-08-02T08:29:09.050-04:00a monster from APODDidn't notice it at the time but <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230801.html">yesterday's</a> <i>Astronomy Photo of the Day</i> (APOD) was pretty spectacular.<p>A stunning, huge (I assume) prominence at the Sun.</p><p>With a very evocative shape.</p><p>Compare ot the visualized monster from the classic science-fiction flick <i>Forbidden Planet</i>.</p><p>A movie I always thought with a neat ironic aspect as the humans exploration spacecraft sure looks like the stereotypical UFO!</p><p>We come in peace...</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-22980430914274985212023-08-01T23:06:00.009-04:002023-08-01T23:17:02.870-04:00orange Moon! (St Thomas)Moon's up again.<p>And, again, amazing dark.</p><p>Orange-red!</p><p>Estimated 20 degrees elevation. Stellarium Mobile Plus better than me: 14°.</p><p>A magnified Mars!</p><p>Wow, a rather incredible view.</p><p>What's causing this fantastic colouring... Is it goop in the south-western sky that Luna has to climb out of? Or in the sunlight disturbed on its way to our satellite?</p><p>Forest fires?</p><p>I did not alter this photo.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIWR88xb5AtORbFurW4ELqAZKnEVfCe4C7LvWB6X6mv0GXS39PsygiCGwp0CNgt8TmRB2ynQdjmSl2spYE0xLHbLvdoBw8yrhLR7QHfIE8HEB9qLzWf7DV0d_F7fWlAmNkY1NIXQnTVhTVFOiXkddk6hdvswVsOyS6PKXFHd8p3szwdwWIt9Q4A/s4160/IMG_20230801_231134424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="orange disc outside" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIWR88xb5AtORbFurW4ELqAZKnEVfCe4C7LvWB6X6mv0GXS39PsygiCGwp0CNgt8TmRB2ynQdjmSl2spYE0xLHbLvdoBw8yrhLR7QHfIE8HEB9qLzWf7DV0d_F7fWlAmNkY1NIXQnTVhTVFOiXkddk6hdvswVsOyS6PKXFHd8p3szwdwWIt9Q4A/w400-h300/IMG_20230801_231134424.jpg" title="orange disc outside" width="400" /></a></div><p>Motorola e6, flash-suppressed, f/2, 1/15 sec, ISO 2344, 4mm.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-59400336811753004952023-08-01T20:19:00.004-04:002023-08-01T20:19:34.640-04:00changing impact factorIt was with passing interesting I noted headlines regarding the Boeing spacecraft and cost overruns. It was a symbolic number they'd reaching in their project management reporting but I just took that as a FYI.<p>These things happen. If you know me, you know I have very particular perspectives on the labour side of projects when they encounter slippage. I also appreciate of the challenges presented by new projects deployed for things never done. Planning for something never tried before. Crazy. </p><p>This post <a href="https://gizmodo.com/boeing-starliner-program-has-1-billion-in-losses-1850682078">might have been the one I first</a> noticed.</p><p>Still.</p><p>A <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/08/01/delayed-falcon-heavy-launch-pushes-back-crew-7-mission/">headline today</a> (SpaceFlight Now) had a different spin or perspective...</p><p>This could introduce delays that affect... well... many other people.</p><p>Delays that would affect NASA astronauts. And other 'nauts. </p><p>Ah. Hold on.</p><p>That's a big--or a bigger--deal.</p><p>And then I thought: the Moon base? Or outpost.</p><p>I'm not sure the full impact but now I will have to dig deeper. Will Boeing's troubles spill over into the The Gateway.</p><p>They will. As I noodle on it more, it will.</p><p>They are one of the pillars...</p><p>We need the truckers. WE need the truck drivers. We need the logistics companies. WE have to haul a lot of stuff across the 400 000 kilometre gap.</p><p>Oh my.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-77115243412859648132023-08-01T13:20:00.004-04:002023-08-01T13:20:46.130-04:00the third is doneIt is done.<p>Wow. </p><p>This one, for some reason, took a lot of energy.</p><p>But it feels so good, so amazing, to be get past this.</p><p>And there's this whole triple connotation, the trifecta. But that goes back a decade. Might not be strictly true today, the software industry is... it changes. </p><p>Anyway, for me, that was part of a vision.</p><p>Write a column for each of the three significant software planning tools. And that ball started rolling...</p><p><a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2015/03/binary-universe-skytools.html">SkyTools</a>, powerful Windows-only planning tool - Apr '15</p><p><a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2016/09/binary-universe-astroplanner.html">AstroPlanner</a>, a planning tool that runs on Mac - Oct '16</p><p>Oh my Univrse. From this perspective, wow. Over 5 years.</p><p>Sorry for the delay...</p><p>Deep-Sky Planner: coming soon!</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-41945283749730886442023-08-01T12:44:00.001-04:002023-08-02T05:51:21.212-04:00read the MonthlyHad a quick look at the RASC <i>Bulletin</i>.<p>Pleased to see the efforts of volunteers recogised including Chris B on the <i>Calendar</i>.</p><p>There was something satisfying too, in the post for the Treasurer. I don't what it is exactly... Stance, position, openness? </p><p>Note the order for solar glasses. These will be hot commodity (sorry, sorry about that) in the coming months.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-61016555401764980622023-07-31T23:56:00.011-04:002023-08-01T01:07:13.035-04:00taught L2C from STEGHTaught level 2 intermediate Stellarium this evening.<p>From the bed. Which meant no real-time mount control.</p><p>Not ideal. Lacks punch!</p><p>But it still worked. I hope. I think. I'll directly poll some of the attendees.</p><p>It's an interesting dynamic.</p><p>Ran into network TLS issues I was not expecting. That was surprising. It was good I had the remote machine pathway.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-91692222613081442932023-07-31T22:50:00.032-04:002023-08-01T01:57:18.193-04:00red Moon (St Thomas)Not sure the exact time but I noted the Moon a deeply-coloured orange-red as it rose out of the south-west. <p>Tinted as usually seen during an eclipse.</p><p>It was ominous.</p><p>Wow.</p><p>§</p><p>In the middle of my training. Tempted to discuss it but must not very from the script!</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-58720389107398774962023-07-31T10:07:00.007-04:002023-07-31T10:33:06.831-04:00a bit of everythingDabbling. A little bit of everything.<p>Noted the latest release of <i>Occult</i>, version 4.2023.7.30, by Dave Herald. Via the IOTA Daily Summary on groups.io.</p><p>Started the final edit draft version write-up assembly for the <i>JRASC. </i>After clearing out the previous comtent <i>(Collimation Circles). </i>Wanna get this done!</p><p>In my aurora portal, I noted the View Line diving pretty low. Let Sis know.</p><p>Just checked the personal inbox and spotted the RASC <i>Weekly</i>.</p><p>Weekly, up high, second item, featured the Stellarium level 2 happening today. Will need to rest my voice... Let the team know what's up. Lookin' forward to it...</p><p>Sky's washed out now. Feels warm out.</p><p>Noted the latest release of Occult, version 4.2023.7.30, by Dave Herald.</p><p>Chatted with, followed up with, Susan, on presentation materials derived from Stellarium. </p><p>Thinking' about the Deep-Sky Challenge. Really wanna get that done. That's a nice-to-do, the deadline is self-imposed.</p><p>Oh. And move ahead a certificate application.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-61787239678626911762023-07-31T03:41:00.001-04:002023-07-31T03:41:28.714-04:00finished DSC listFinished the edits to the Deep-Sky Challenge. For Stellarium, for the Stellarium bookmark list.<p>Perhaps something I did back in December?</p><p>Many "strangely familiar" moments.</p><p>Some loose ends. Will tidy those soon. Get Chris to have another look.</p><p>It'll be good to button this up.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-80009436259739262922023-07-30T22:12:00.005-04:002023-07-30T22:26:29.001-04:00out of view (St Thomas)Finally.<p>The huge spot light in gone.</p><p>Well, for me.</p><p>Past the southern extent of the eastern window.</p><p>Anyone outside, heaven help you.</p><p>You can't hide.</p><p>From the Moon.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-24096849358954400762023-07-30T20:51:00.012-04:002023-07-31T07:13:23.390-04:00whack a Moon (St Thomas)Oh!<p>Pop goes the weasel.</p><p>The Moon revealed herself above the mauve bank.</p><p>Pop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib94hashmwiYWfAjSunDX8mJpW0jQCbm777a3piBk9E04poN1oVdnehBbfSMcbS0GltLC-UHFH8pYs3RA47QPVIptfi0fX5C2tQdtEgiPVyK2IytrS5gzmgUSuKimk1NTPRw1qpSwRJQw-Zdye3m84DJPxzWW-L5qgoduXsfLEqZbZtlaPTpmNXA/s4160/IMG_20230730_204605392.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Moon cleared the clouds" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib94hashmwiYWfAjSunDX8mJpW0jQCbm777a3piBk9E04poN1oVdnehBbfSMcbS0GltLC-UHFH8pYs3RA47QPVIptfi0fX5C2tQdtEgiPVyK2IytrS5gzmgUSuKimk1NTPRw1qpSwRJQw-Zdye3m84DJPxzWW-L5qgoduXsfLEqZbZtlaPTpmNXA/w400-h300/IMG_20230730_204605392.jpg" title="Moon cleared the clouds" width="400" /></a></div><p>Bigger, fuller.</p><p>Mnemosyne, motorola e6, f/2, 1/30 sec, 3.54 mm, ISO 86.</p><p>§</p><p>In clear space, now to distract me.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-702851533350501112023-07-30T20:21:00.008-04:002023-07-30T20:28:26.159-04:00a little tricky (St Thomas)It's a little tricky but it's there.<p>I saw it...</p><p>I did.</p><p>There's a bank of cloud, low.</p><p>Blue sky up high...</p><p>Through a layer, through a gap, I just saw the pale circle of the Moon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqweEN8ahq3LUxQ6_bG7m9T-wmBx0dwMmQS5jCu3pQX7GurUCaC38RyyKOWTiORK0vb-_psdNquCRTAI2ti0DMJz_xO4grTNNFwD2WZMOiKAmNp_5fFs5b8HZfx_nDgguDQ61TlQkq9rUZdQBlF8EazfEYn8XCDqIUvf5qNjdBxw-yDEN47C3L4Q/s1440/Screenshot_20230730-202559.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the rising Moon in Stellarium" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqweEN8ahq3LUxQ6_bG7m9T-wmBx0dwMmQS5jCu3pQX7GurUCaC38RyyKOWTiORK0vb-_psdNquCRTAI2ti0DMJz_xO4grTNNFwD2WZMOiKAmNp_5fFs5b8HZfx_nDgguDQ61TlQkq9rUZdQBlF8EazfEYn8XCDqIUvf5qNjdBxw-yDEN47C3L4Q/w400-h200/Screenshot_20230730-202559.png" title="the rising Moon in Stellarium" width="400" /></a></div><p>I estimate the elevation of the Luna at 20 degrees... Seems way to much.</p><p>Less than that...</p><p>§</p><p>Stellarium reports 4° via real-time.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-55150523998506130072023-07-30T20:16:00.004-04:002023-07-30T20:16:38.297-04:00this can be pervertedWhile reading about the old British TV serial, a show my sister and I have been referring to a bit lately...<p>I stumbled across an interesting quote, from The Double to the Prisoner:</p><p>"The trouble with science is that it can be perverted."</p><p>Indeed. </p><p>Our efforts are complicated and compounded.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-16131072134940378742023-07-30T06:30:00.000-04:002023-07-30T10:33:30.370-04:00tried to see Jupiter (St Thomas)Woke peacefully.<p>I think I had the best sleep in a while... maybe from 11 to 5-ish. Wow.</p><p>Looking out the big double windows, I noted a dark blue background. Some clouds, patchy, but a good chunk of sky was visible. Hmm.</p><p>I wondered if a morning planets might be visible! </p><p>What were the morning wanderers. I recalled some of the gas giants were viable.</p><p>SkySafari said Jupiter was out there. 5:45 AM. High along the ecliptic, it looked like about a 45 degree angle from the Sun.</p><p>Right where broken lumpy low clouds were parked.</p><p>I couldn't move about much, bob or weave. Or try a different hall or lawn. Just kept scanning in the south-east.</p><p>I wanted to know the exact separation between the Sol and Jove. I thought there was a way in SkySafari to do that: go to one object, go to second object, check the data, looking for "from previous." Or was that a feature of TheSky by Software Bisque? Launched Stellarium Mobile Plus. But I was thinking of Angle Measure in the computer product; no equivalent in Stellarium. Hmm. My visual gut-feel was more than 20°.</p><p>The sky brightened. The window of opportunity, for Mark-I eyeballs, was closing.</p><p>6:18 AM. The Sun cleared my local horizon. The south wall brightened rapidly. Looked like it was going to a beauty-day, eh?</p><p>6:23 AM. So, no planets. For me.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-30205421982028432322023-07-30T06:19:00.061-04:002023-07-30T10:33:03.155-04:00pleased to see binaries addressedAwake now.<p>Grabbed the <i>National Geographic </i>magazine Special Edition <i>Atlas of the Night Sky</i>.</p><p>5:45 AM. Skimmed what I had read so far. Including the chapter <i>Our Sun and Other Stars</i>. </p><p>Page 10.</p><p>Noted, in my morning haze, the infographics in the small table entitled "Multiple Star Systems." A simple binary with equal stars to a double-double, two pairs orbiting each other.</p><p>Oh. Oh ho!</p><p>They were talking about hierarchy structures! Yes, double star types, binary systems and their masses. Very cool. I was very pleased to see this here. On many levels.</p><p>Common question raised at star parties: are these stars related?</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-19413762283802933402023-07-29T19:40:00.005-04:002023-07-30T10:21:01.230-04:00spotted the Moon (St Thomas)Oh.<p>A pale disc.</p><p>Spotted the Moon to the south-west. Low. Gibbous.</p><p>Rising and heading to the south cardinal.</p><p>Shoo. Go away.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-79208902794505142402023-07-29T17:51:00.002-04:002023-07-29T17:51:13.309-04:00something missingWatched—tried—Becky's video on the Universe age.<p>A large family across the hall was having a little jamboree.</p><p>I'll try again later. Pay more attention.</p><p>But, I'm intrigued. The word is getting out.</p><p>And, again, I feel very aligned with Dr Smethurst...</p><p>The JWST is forcing us to go back to our data and re-examine our assumptions.</p><p>There's something wrong. Or something missing. Or something we knew about ("tired light") and decided to not include. There's something in the noise.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-29675060811861261542023-07-29T16:27:00.002-04:002023-07-29T16:27:08.630-04:00hit 13000Just broke 13000 posts.<p>I noted the number of posts in the backend of blogger.</p><p>Not all those are active.</p><p>I think there's a few hundred, maybe a thousand, in draft.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-62758103000597198692023-07-29T16:13:00.009-04:002023-07-29T16:16:08.781-04:00rolled out the DSC listsDeployed the Deep-Sky Challenge observing lists!<p>Wow. Wow!</p><p>As big fluffy clouds rolled by, as the portable pump pumped, I made available the program <a href="https://rasc.ca/deep-sky-challenge">target list files</a>. I had the SkySafari list (tested, well, now), the general editable Excel file for those inclined, a PDF version of the Excel file, I recreated the SkyTools STX file.</p><p>Thought I had the Stellarium file. Reached out to Chris V.</p><p>Also made the supplement notes available, for SkySafari users.</p><p>Something I've been working on for about a year. Fits and starts.</p><p>It'll make the <i>Observer's Handbook </i>editor happy that I have deprecated the PDF snapshot...</p><p>Monkey off my back...</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-17908502963459624962023-07-28T23:04:00.074-04:002023-07-30T10:35:00.669-04:00imaged rapid BarnardOh oh. Another BGO job completed. Thanks, again, robot!<p>Busy busy.</p><p>Centred on HIP 87937 in Ophiuchus. Barnard's Star is the bright, obvious star above and slightly-right of centre. Barnard's Star, near to Earth, shows very high proper motion, approximate 10 arcseconds per year. Everything's moving...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2--ifJmCPtaUiAMq5nSWgyohzgOuOOt2jf9oE_NyeQ7-feCFQOCzzeqMXUmC0HcEr4vvFQZfIz47b_XYAsWcJH9_I-BS9fgbWVaZ3-cXmACHxMDhbTKe7iNta7HTO7Jwjd4iO70Inc2sZi6em3jWDra9nr6RG6tgWOZO2x65_arqtifbKhjBvdA/s1536/HIP87937-ID24155-OC172906-GR5378-LUM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bardnard's Star (in luminance) is booking" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2--ifJmCPtaUiAMq5nSWgyohzgOuOOt2jf9oE_NyeQ7-feCFQOCzzeqMXUmC0HcEr4vvFQZfIz47b_XYAsWcJH9_I-BS9fgbWVaZ3-cXmACHxMDhbTKe7iNta7HTO7Jwjd4iO70Inc2sZi6em3jWDra9nr6RG6tgWOZO2x65_arqtifbKhjBvdA/w400-h400/HIP87937-ID24155-OC172906-GR5378-LUM.jpg" title="Bardnard's Star (in luminance) is booking" width="400" /></a></div><p>Luminance only, 3 second subexposures, 12 stacked shots. FITS Liberator 4, Windows 10 Paint. North is up; east is left.</p><p>We've been working at this for a few years. The archive:</p><p></p><ul><li>2023</li><li><a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2022/07/imaged-barnards-star.html">2022</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2021/06/imaged-proxima-ophiuchi.html">2021</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2020/05/round-2-for-barnards-star.html">2020</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2019/05/shot-barnards-longer.html">2019</a></li></ul><p></p><p>§</p><p><br />Made a little animated GIF back on <a href="http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/2020/05/made-teenie-movie.html">8 May '20</a>. Early on with just a couple of frames...</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462047.post-15733784034557874812023-07-28T20:24:00.011-04:002023-07-30T10:21:24.812-04:00imaged the bows (St Thomas)We enjoyed a colourful and dynamic rainbow from the fourth floor. <p>My sister captured many shots with her iPad Mini 4.</p><p>Surprise, surprise.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszm40v4GcJjp0YnvsEwPuAGO5ji_3A8OBUXpx9l0mVA1h4AfxXnokzss5BlJa6s32TbLcqOm8gKJ9qYAgELGSeNRwNIDNr7l6Y_HZnlZoOcLIHO6kMtYntYJivddvAZMoZqLFuD9A3zVhaYbC8P2WEzVpHCkgXliafgwu8HSn_s5rEfnxbbMCGA/s1140/dual%20bows%20IMG_5741%20cleaned.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dual rainbows revealed by camera" border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1140" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszm40v4GcJjp0YnvsEwPuAGO5ji_3A8OBUXpx9l0mVA1h4AfxXnokzss5BlJa6s32TbLcqOm8gKJ9qYAgELGSeNRwNIDNr7l6Y_HZnlZoOcLIHO6kMtYntYJivddvAZMoZqLFuD9A3zVhaYbC8P2WEzVpHCkgXliafgwu8HSn_s5rEfnxbbMCGA/w400-h300/dual%20bows%20IMG_5741%20cleaned.JPG" title="dual rainbows revealed by camera" width="400" /></a></div><p>f/2.4, 1/228 second, 3.3mm, ISO 25, hand-held, behind glass.</p><p>We couldn't see it with the naked eye but the image revealed the Double Rainbow. </p><p>From my vantage, I thought it would be on the outside, further to the right. But faint.</p><p>Indeed.</p>blahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004187330936108058noreply@blogger.com0